The Republican journal., 1887-09-15


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f. g.. ILNnI.ETUN,
F. y. tLEMiN1,
'.sr f.t,iis- l.eH women and children, have WED
leaar ther ID paving marks Of respect to Mr..
h. r1il .1i ,,i5 " no nave left Us to reside in
.ei, ia Tue Pu-t q. A. II. ana Relief Corps gave
.,-l ID reception Wednesday evening The hall
0.- ns'utiWly decorated with flower. and bunt-
7'i tho tables were tastefully arranged for
l.ll att. After supper speeches were indulg-
n :,itl b social hour spent. The entertainment
0i- scre gratifying to Mr.. Merrill and he nearly
X, to~n with emotion in attempting to thank
q oIt comrades and their ladies for their tribute
pcct The following lines were read by
~ author
TWO IEN rICII RI-s DRAWN IN 1925.
Ladies' and gentlemen and comrades.
II jtttC mpt to show ia RHYMES
il'N things may look in forty Years
u We could look beyond these times.
is -EARSrokr.
Iutlt girl, come here and see me
W hiic ASK the news of the day,
AMI let me give you a half Il dime
Up pay yen while You stay.
4 ltilf dime! Good gracious
That would pay me Well for a week,
liut please, slr, how can help you?
v nom do you really seek:
q no one in particular
J only wish 10 know
HOW business l. i'll >Calsport
since forty cars ago
Wen, sir, we have no business,
Ia -ayS our sun was set
When the spool mill went away,
And my father knows you bet.
Tile railroad went upbN Swanyille
- the mills are all building there.
IA says land is bonded all around them,
But we folks are not getting our share.
The schools are all located ND there
And the depot where we yet our supplies.
They moved the schools in 81, late in the fall,
And my brother Bob took the last prize
The telephone Office is kept now
tpin Samuel Georges old barn.
They talk OF taking up the old sidewalk,
And last year they sold the town farm.
They had totakc down the monument
For we couldn't pay the expense
Of moving the grass around it
And keeping up the old chain fence.
can't remember when the Post closed up,
Ii was years and years ago
could tell if was at home
am sure mother would know.
She was one OF the loyal women
And used to belong to the Corps,
know she hadn't joined them
But Il year on two before.
old Mr.. sheldon keeps the postoilce
Way up to half way brook
They only send mail twice a week,
rs such hard work for him to look.
Old Uncle Lancaster drives the mail stage
\ nd he is as regular as mule,
hiit don't see how he gets there,
with that blind Old baiky mule.
They took down the hotel in 80,
But she boats continued to thrive
Until they stopped calling here,
In eighteen hundred and ninety five.
II l. almost family tea time,
see by the shade on the trees.
80 must be going, mister,
hope you will excuse me please.
Why do We tell time by the tree tops?
Father learnt years ago,
We tell it by the shadows
because there's no whistle to blow.
IN DIXFiELD.
My boy, do you know that gentleman,
Walking up street with cane,
Yes sir, that is Old Uncle Merrill,
That came when the spool mill came.
Ma says it was a lucky day at our home,
When the spool mill come over here,
FOR father has worked there ever since,
And he has left of drinking beer.
She says can thank Uncle Merrill
That wasn't born a tramp,
And I'm going into the mill soon
10 learn to seam and stamp.
The old man goes about doing good
And he does it everywhere,
sunday he sings in the choir,
And you never hear him swear.
And his wife, our old Aunt Abby,
is always a "nussing'' the sick,
And tell you when she gets there
Ihcy have to get well quick.
But folks say they used to do just
Over yOnder on the bay,
And the people never realized It
I'LL they got ready to move away.
mere, sir, have told the longest story
Ihat ever told in my life.
ABOUT old Uncle Geo. l.. Merrill
And Old Aunt Abby w. his wife.